FOND DU LAC - The Fond du Lac Symphonic Band will perform the eighth of ten events in the Buttermilk Festival series at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the Wifler Performance Center in Buttermilk Creek Park.

Music Director Dale Shipe will conduct an eclectic program that includes music from Ireland, Israel and south of the border, along with original music for concert band.

Soprano Libby Reinbold will sing two arias from Puccini’s opera “La Boheme” – Addio and Musetta’s Waltz, along with selections from “My Fair Lady.” A trombone trio comprised of Chuck Mahnke, Rodd Eggert and Jason Ehlert will be featured on an early 20th century novelty piece, “Lassus Trombone” by noted American march composer Henry Fillmore.

Music from Ireland includes the folk song “Down by the Salley Gardens” and “Solas Ane (Yesterday’s Joy)”, a Gaelic tune in a setting by Samuel Hazo.
From south of the border, the band will perform Alfred Reed’s “El Camino Real,” a Spanish march “Amparito Roca,” and “Street Tango” by popular Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla.

Rounding out the program are selections from a set of Israeli folk dances, and “West River Jubilee,” a recent overture for band celebrating the northern plains, including a rollicking hoe-down.

A food concession will be available throughout the evening. A free-will offering will be received during intermission. In the event of bad weather, the performance will be moved to the Recreation Building at the County Fairgrounds.